Pollex ( Bilobiana ) poguei, Fibiger, 2007

Fibiger, Michael, 2007, Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Part 1, Taxonomy of the Pollexinae, Zootaxa 1567 (1), pp. 1-116 : 58

Pollex ( Bilobiana) poguei Fibiger, new species

( Plate 7 , figure 4; female genit. plate 24, figure 5)

Material examined.

Holotype: female, Philippines, [Luzon], Los Banos, leg. Baker, 1917-79, genit. prep. 3392 M. Fibiger. Coll. USNM.

Paratypes: 6 females with same data as holotype. Colls. MF, USNM .

Diagnosis.

Wingspan: 12 mm.

Forewing: narrow, blackish brown.

Transverse lines: black; terminal line marked by black dots between veins.

Reniform: distinct, whitish grey, outlined by black.

Hindwing: unicolorous grey brown with an indistinct black discal spot.

Underside: unicolorous grey brown.

Female genitalia.

7 th abdominal segment: heavily sclerotised, asymmetrical.

Anterior apophyses: length 1½ of posterior apophyses.

Position of ostium bursae: a little below middle of 7 th segment, slightly displaced to left.

Ostium bursae: large, heavily sclerotised.

Antrum: broad, bent, heavily sclerotised.

Ductus bursae: coils in several loops, membranous, long, slightly longer than corpus bursae.

Corpus bursae: elongated, very long; only slightly wider subapically.

Appendix bursae: arising anteriorly from ductus bursae immediately after antrum.

Differential diagnosis.

P. poguei differs from the species above by the bent antrum, coiling ductus bursae, and the very long corpus bursae.

Figures

PLATE 7. Figures 1–8. Pollex subgenus Bilobiana species, adults. 1, P.(B.) lobifera (Hampson, 1926), male holoatype, Philippines, [Luzon], Los Banos; 2, 3, P. (B.) sapamori, male holotype, Philippines, Mindanao, Sapamoro, and female paratype, with same data; 4, P.(B.) poguei, female holotype, Philippines, [Luzon], Los Banos; 5, 6, P.(B.) speideli, male holotype, Philippines, [Luzon], Los Banos, and female paratype, with same data; 7, P.(B.) parabala, male holotype, Balabac, Dalawan Bay; 8, P.(B.) mindai, female holotype, Philippines, Samar, Gandara.